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| Category | Comedies DVDs, Romance Movies, Recommended Videos, Classic, Vintage, On-The-Road, Trains, Actors, Actresses | | Starring | John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Charles Lane, Edgar Kennedy, Roscoe Karns, Ralph Forbes, Walter Connolly, Dale Fuller, Etienne Girardot | | Director | Howard Hawks | | Cinematographer | Joseph H. August | | Editor | Gene Havlick | | Producer | Howard Hawks | | Screenwriter | Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur |
A washed-up Broadway producer uses every dirty trick in the book to get his superstar ex-lover to appear in his next play. This 1934 film starred John Barrymore and Carole Lombard. Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore), a tyrannical Broadway producer, makes a star of shy Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard), renaming her Lily Garland and beginning a stormy romance with her. After a series of hit shows Lily leaves Jaffe and heads for Hollywood. Jaffe's shows begin to decline and he has one flop after another. The bickering pair meet accidentally on the Twentieth Century Limited train bound for New York, and Jaffe must do whatever it takes to get Lily to come back to him. TWENTIETH CENTURY is a breathless screwball comedy featuring brilliant performances from Barrymore and Lombard.
In TWENTIETH CENTURY, Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore), a temperamental Broadway producer with a history of success and an ego to match, turns his tyrannical energies on young starlet Mildred Plotka (Carole Lombard). Before long she's renamed Lily Garland and has become the toast of the town, amid a tempestuous romantic relationship with Jaffe. Years and several successful plays later, Lily leaves for Hollywood, and Jaffe's plays begin to flop. After a disastrous show in Chicago, Jaffe encounters Lily on a train and tries everything to get her to return to Broadway, but Lily doesn't want anything to do with her former mentor. A dazzling showcase for the skills of Barrymore and Lombard and one of the first screwball comedies, TWENTIETH CENTURY boasts rapid-fire dialogue, entertainingly oddball supporting characters, and terrific writing. The film is adapted from the Hecht-MacArthur play NAPOLEON OF BROADWAY, which is based loosely on the life of producer David Merrick.
Theatrical release: May 11, 1934.
The film is based on the play NAPOLEON OF BROADWAY, based loosely on legendary producer David Merrick; it was produced for the stage by George Abbott and Philip Dunning.
Most of the backstage theatrical scenes in the film were staged by Broadway veteran Barrymore.
The film was remade into the musical ON THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Twentieth Century Quotes/Excerpts: "I close the iron door on you!"--Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore)
Twentieth Century Reviews: "[T]hough the insults and argot reach exhilarating heights, the comedy is about possession more than romance, and the acid ending reflects a bracing sophistication."
-- Edward Karam, Entertainment Weekly "[A] classic screwball comedy that made Carole Lombard a star and gave John Barrymore his greatest screen role."-- Mike Clark, USA Today
This is the only Dale Fuller video. Twentieth Century | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1934 | | All Time Sales Rank |  16164  | | CD Universe Part number | 6818101 | | Catalog number | 10671 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 22, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 91 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled | | Movie Details | B&W; Digitally Processed; Full Frame; Black & White; Subtitled |
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John Barrymore gives a masterful performance in this incredible movie. His timing is something to be studied. Probably his greatest film in his final years. The supporting cast is pure Columbia - some of the best character actors working in the 1930's (Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karnes - right out of "It Happened One Night), and the wonderful Carole Lombard.I never get tired of this picture, and I always learn see something new in it. Not sure why the description says it is loosly based on David Merrick - not sure he was producing in the mid 1930's.
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